Kiranada Sterling Benjamin

	ARTIST’S STATEMENT \| BIO \| CV RESEARCH PUBLISHED: The World of Rozome: Wax Resist Textiles of Japan, (about the book) Kodansha International Publishers, 1996, 2002. Rozome Masters of Japan, Exhibition catalog Massachusetts College of Art, 2005.	SELECTED GRANTS, AWARDS: Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation 1997, 1993 The Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation 1996 New Zealand Centre for Japanese Studies 1992 Japan Foundation 1990
	SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:
	2012 Silk Painters International Juried Exhibition Santa Fe NM Award: Public’s Choice 2011 Transcendence March 2011, Agung Rai Museum of Art, Ubud, Bali, Indonesia 2010 New Directions in Batik Smend Gallery Invitational Group Show, Koln, Germany Living with Crafts League of NM Craftsmen, Sunapee NH Award: Best in Fiber 2009 Polar Attractions June 28 2008 to June 6, 2009, Peabody Essex Museum, Salem MA www.pem.org FiberFace II Yogya 2009 Invitational Exhibition January 3 – 11, 2009 Taman Budaya Gallery Yogyakarta, Indonesia 2008 Invited Group Exhibition Translations Gallery, Denver Colorado, March 21–May 3, 2008 www.translationsgallery.com Surface Design Faculty July 6–August 3, 2008, Mendocino Art Center, Mendocino CA www.mendocinoartcenter.org Polar Attractions June 28 2008 to June 6, 2009, Peabody Essex Museum, Salem MA www.pem.org 2007 League of NH Craftsmen 25th Biennial Member’s Juried Exhibition September 8–October 17, 2007 University of New Hampshire, Paul Creative Arts Center Gallery, Durham, NH 2006 Solo Exhibition: A Sense of Place — An Artist’s Tribute to the Continents, Peabody Essex Museum, Salem MA Group Exhibition: From Lausanne to Beijing: 4th International Fiber Art Biennial, Suzhou, China Two-person Exhibition: Visual Meditations: Collaboration, with Luanne Rimel, Honen-in Temple, Kyoto, Japan and Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA In conjunction with the World Batik Conference (2005) 2004 Solo Show: Kesa and Scrolls, Galerie Smend, Koln Germany Faculty Exhibition: NH Institute of Art, Manchester NH 2003 Solo Exhibition: Songs of Silence, Honen-in Temple, Kyoto Japan Solo Exhibition: Convention Center, Harrogate UK Group Exhibition: Ghent Municipal Museum, Ghent, Belgium.	2002 Solo Exhibition: CASEM Centro del Artes, Santa Elena Monteverde, Costa Rica Group Exhibition: Living With Crafts, League of NH Craftsmen, Sunapee, NH Award — Best in 2D Design Group Exhibition: Continuing the Tradition, Gallery 205, LNHC, Concord NH Faculty Exhibition: NH Institute of Art, Manchester NH 2001 Solo Exhibition: Seniwati Gallery Ubud, Bali, Indonesia Solo Exhibition: Shumei Hall, Pasadena CA Faculty Exhibition: St. Anselm College, Manchester NH 2000 Solo Exhibitions: Honen-in Temple, Kyoto, Japan Solo Exhibition: Harvard School of Graduate Design, Cambridge MA Solo Exhibition: College of St. Benedict, St Joseph MN Faculty Exhibition: Rivier College, Nashua, NH 1999 Invitational Exhibition: Center for Contemporary Art, St. Louis MO Group Exhibition: Women Artists Association, Kyoto College of Art, Japan 1998 Solo Exhibition: GalleryGallery, Kyoto, Japan 1997 Invitational Exhibition: World Batik Group Exhibition, Yogyakarta, Indonesia Invitational Exhibition: '97 International Batik Exhibition, Guiyang, China 1996 Solo Exhibition: Sakaimachi Gallery, Kyoto 1994 Invitational Exhibition: Pan-Pacific Fine Arts Exhibition, Tokyo Arts Theatre, Ikebukuro, Tokyo 1993 Two Person Exhibition: Ho-an Gallery, Nagoya 1992 Solo Exhibition: Nakazawa Gallery, Hiroshima 1990 Solo Exhibition: Sembikiya Gallery, Tokyo Solo Exhibition: Sakaimachi Gallery, Kyoto
	SELECTED LECTURES/ WORKSHOPS:
	2009 Soy What?: A slide lecture and demonstration on soy batik January 8, 6 PM Frear Halau Center, Island School, Lihue Kauai Garden Island Arts Council — Kauai Crafts Studio Program www.gardenislandarts.org Japanese Batik Patterns and Textiles in Soy Wax January 3–7, 2009 Hui No’Eau Maui, Hawaii www.huinoeau.com 2008 The World of Rozome: Japanese Textiles January 7, 2008 6:30 PM Amherst Library and NCC, Amherst NH www.amherst.lib.nh.us Changing Patterns, Changing Lives: A Historical View of Women, Textiles and Japan March 31, 2008 Asian Civilizations Museum, Singapore www.acm.org.sg Golden Waterfalls, Windblown Pines: The Story of Kimono June 28, 2008 10 AM Textile Arts Council, De Young Museum, San Francisco www.thinker.org/deyoung 2007 Rozome I — Japanese Wax Resist September 26–30, 2007 PRO Chemical & Dye, Fall River MA USA www.prochemical.com Japanese Shibori (Bound resist on Silk) October 5, 2007 NH State Council on the Arts and NCC Arts in Education Partnership Conference www.nh.gov/nharts 2006 Lecture: Bellevue Arts Museum, Bellevue, Washington Workshop: Coupeville Arts Center, Whidbey Island, WA 2005 Lecture: Japanese Textile Symposium, The Textile Museum, Washington D.C. Lecture: Japonisme Symposium, New York University, NYC NY Lecture: Hui No'Eau Visual Arts Center, Maui, Hawaii Lecture: North Carolina State University, Raleigh NC Workshop: Art in the Ironworks, Hilo HI Workshop: Mendocino Art Center, Mendocino, CA 2004 Lecture: Textile Arts Symposium 2004, Peabody Essex Museum, Salem MA Lecture: New York Textile Study Group, NYC New York Lecture: Batik Guild, DeWolf Gallery, Ghent, Belgium Workshop: Southwest School of Arts and Crafts, San Antonio TX 2003 Lecture: New York University/ Japan Society NYC, New York Lecture: Threads of Life Textile Center, Ubud, Bali, Indonesia Workshop: Peters Valley Craft Center, Layton NJ	2002 Workshop: Center for the Arts, Monteverde Costa Rica Lecture: Textile Society of America, North Hampton MA Workshop: Mendocino Art Center, Mendocino CA 2001 Lecture: Asian Civilization Museum, Singapore Lecture: Pacific Asia Museum, Pasadena CA Workshop: Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, Singapore Workshop: Seniwati Gallery, Ubud, Bali Indonesia 2000 Lecture: Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian Museum, Washington, DC Lecture: Harvard Graduate School of Design, Cambridge MA Workshop: Nat. Conf. /Surface Design Assn, Kansas Institute of Art, Kansas MO 1999 Lecture: Kyoto International Cultural Assn., Kyoto, Japan Lecture: Center for Contemporary Art, St. Louis MO Lecture: Japan Foundation, Kyoto, Japan 1998 Workshop: University of MN, Split Rock Arts Program, Duluth 1997 Lecture: Asian Textile Society, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford UK Workshop: University Of Dundee, Scotland Workshop: Surrey Institute of Art and Design, Farnham, UK Workshop: Association of Textiles, Madrid, Spain 1996 Lecture: ETN Conference, Manchester Metropolitan Univ. UK Lecture: Russell Coates Art Museum, Bournemouth, UK Lecture: Middlesex University, Cat Hill, London, UK Lecture: The Textile Museum, Tilburg , The Netherlands Workshop: University of Minnesota Split Rock Arts Program, Duluth 1995 Lecture: California State University, Northridge CA 1994 Lecture: Japan Foundation, Kyoto, Japan Lecture: Kobe International Community Center Kobe, Japan 1993 Lecture: University of Oxford, Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford UK Lecture: London City Polytechnic College, London UK Lecture: University of Sheffield, Centre for Japanese Studies UK
	SELECTED COMMISSIONS, CORPORATE AND PRIVATE COLLECTIONS:
	Peabody Essex Museum, Salem MA Manchester Buddhist Center, Manchester UK Honen-in Temple, Kyoto Japan Fujita Medical Clinic, Takastuki, Osaka, Japan Bradford Girl’s Grammar School, Bradford UK Valley National Bank, Phoenix, Arizona Boston Convention Center, Boston, Massachusetts Fukuda Collection, Kyoto, Japan Araki Collection, Kyoto Japan	Arizona Office of Tourism, Phoenix, Arizona Rawhide, Scottsdale, Arizona Design Directions, Phoenix, Arizona La Chameau Winery, La Posada, Scottsdale, Arizona Christ Church, Tampa, Florida Arizona Art Education Association, Phoenix, Arizona Saguaro Elementary School, Casa Grande, Arizona Mac Arthur Elementary School, Mesa, Arizona